Due to an injury I may have to be changing my setup. Previously, I’ve run 45 pound bows, longbow and recurve, and a 580-625 grain arrow. I may require to reduce my draw weight as much as possible. The minimum draw weight in Maine hunting is 35 pounds. I will probably be looking to shoot no less than that in the off season to try and keep comfortable with it. For what it’s worth, at 45# I was able to shoot 60+ arrows a day without an issue. Since the injury with 45#, 4 arrows in, my arm was unstable and after 8 arrows, I was gassed. All that said, I’d like to stay at the 12+ gpi arrows if I go down to 35# as most of my hunting is no further than 12 yards so loss of speed isn’t critical. I’m curious of what any of you may have for light poundage setups.

Anyone out there still have a season? I've got bear till the end of the month. Looking pretty tough now though. Everything is fully sprouted.

Hi, My birthday was on June 4th, and I decided that I'd like to pursue traditional bow hunting as a gift to myself for my 28th birthday. I have worked out that my start-up cost for this venture will be about $800 (I'd buy a bow from Bass Pro shop out in Kanata). Before I "release the arrow" I was hoping to bounce some ideas off of someone to make sure I'm starting out in the correct spot. Thank you for your time, and assistance!

Any saddle hunters here? do you have tips for hunting swamps full of branch coniferous trees?

The home we are purchasing in TN has carpet we will be removing. To keep from having to pay to have it put in the dump, I was thinking of repurposing it as archery targets. I’m thinking of cutting it into squares and stacking and binding with a ratchet trap to make block style targets. What are everyone’s thoughts.